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Abbey Wood
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Abbey Wood is an area on the eastern edge of the London Borough of Greenwich, between Plumstead to the west and Erith to the east, Abbey Wood takes its name from the nearby Lesnes Abbey and Bostall Woods. * [1]. A legal company is named after the woods.
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The original 19th century Abbey Wood (known locally as "The Village") is the area immediately south of Abbey Wood railway station, built where Knee Hill became Harrow Manorway and crossed the railway (North Kent Line). This is now the centre where three phases of house building (almost) meet.
- The Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society (RACS) bought two farms on the hillside to the south and between 1900 and 1930 built the Bostall Estate. Once known as "Tin Check Island" after the Society's dividend system, this has streets named for Co-operative themes (Alexander McLeod, Rochdale, Robert Owen, Congress), a school & shops but no pubs!
- Between 1955 & 1959 the London County Council built the Abbey Estate on former Royal Arsenal marshland just south of the railway going north to the Southern Outfall Sewer bank heading for Crossness). Predominantly conventional brick houses with gardens, equipped with a shopping centre, schools and open spaces, the estate was first used to rehouse people from London's East End, again at first there were no pubs and few shops.The main through-road is Eynsham Drive.
- In the early 1970s the Greater London Council began building the first phase of Thamesmead on more ex-Royal-Arsenal land, north-east of Abbey Wood station. The original railway level crossing was replaced by a flyover.
Abbey wood is mooted as the south eastern terminus of Crossrail One.
Snooker champion Steve Davis came from Plumstead but went to Alexander McLeod Primary School and Abbey Wood Secondary School. Boxer Julius Francis went to St Thomas a Becket Primary School and Abbey Wood School, and Olympic runner Jennifer Stoute also went to Abbey Wood School. Kate Bush briefly attended the convent school at the top of Knee Hill.
It now has a women's netball team Abbey Angels, [2].
Time FM, a licensed local radio station that evolved from an early cable channel - Radio Thamesmead - has studios on the Abbey Wood/Plumstead borders. Abby wood also hosted London's first cable TV station at wickham Lane.
Places of interest include Lesnes Abbey and Bostall Woods & Heath. Bostall Woods (part of the South East London Green Chain) includes one of the few camping & caravan sites in London and is a known source of fossilised sharks' teeth.The cooperative woods was also the site of the first camp for the woodcraft folk.
The nearest railway stations in the area are Abbey Wood railway station. Trains from this station runs to London Charing Cross and London Cannon Street via Woolwich and Greenwich or Lewisham to the west and a limited service to victoria. To the east the trains go to Dartford and a limited service to Crayford or Gravesend and Gillingham.
The 99 bus contracted by TfL runs between Erith Town Centre and Woolwich Shopping Centre; The 99 has a frequency of 10 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and at evening and Sundays the 99 has a frequency of 20 minutes.
The 177 bus contracted by TfL runs between Thamesmead Town Centre and Peckham Bus Station; The 177 has a frequency of 10 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and at evening and Sundays the 177 has a frequency of 15 minutes.
The 180 bus contracted by TfL runs between Belvedere Industrial Estate and Lewisham Shopping Centre; The 180 has a frequency of 10 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and at evening and Sundays the 180 has a frequency of 15-20 minutes.
The 229 bus contracted by TfL runs between Thamesmead Town Centre and Sidcup Queen Marys Hospital; The 229 has a frequency of 10 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and at evening and Sundays the 229 has a frequency of 20 minutes.
The 244 bus contracted by TfL runs between Abbey Wood Station and Queen Elizabeth Hospital; The 244 has a frequency of 12-15 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and at evening and Sundays the 244 has a frequency of 20 minutes.
The 401 bus contracted by TfL runs between Thamesmead Town Centre and Bexleyheath Shopping Centre; The 401 has a frequency of 15 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and at evening and Sundays the 401 has a frequency of 30 minutes.
The 469 bus contracted by TfL runs between Bexleyheath Shopping Centre and Woolwich Common; The 469 has a frequency of 15 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and at evening and Sundays the 469 has a frequency of 20-30 minutes.
The B11 bus contracted by TfL runs between Thamesmead Town Centre and Bexleyheath Shopping Centre; The B11 has a frequency of 15 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime and at evening and Sundays the B11 has a frequency of 30 minutes.
The N1 bus contracted by TfL runs between Thamesmead Town Centre and Tottenham Court Road; The N1 has a frequency of 30 minutes during Friday and Saturday night the N1 has a frequency of 20 minutes. This bus runs at midnight to 5am.
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